# 1970 San Francisco Giants season

The 1970 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 88th year in Major League Baseball, their 13th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 11th at Candlestick Park. The Giants went 86–76, which was good for third place in the National League West, 16 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds.

## Offseason

* December 1, 1969: 1969 rule 5 draft
** Mike Sadek was drafted by the Giants from the Minnesota Twins.
** Hal Haydel was drafted from the Giants by the Minnesota Twins.

## Regular season

Clyde King was fired as manager on May 23 after the Giants dropped a 15-inning 17–16 game to the San Diego Padres, slipping them to a 19–23 record and mired in fourth place. The Giants elevated Charlie Fox, manager of their AAA Phoenix (Pacific Coast League) farm team, to manage the big club. The team responded with a double-header sweep of the Padres, 6–1 and 7–6. Fox brought the Giants to a third-place finish with a 67–53 record the rest of the way.

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 87 | 74 | .540 | 14½ | 39‍–‍42 | 48‍–‍32 |
| San Francisco Giants | 86 | 76 | .531 | 16 | 48‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Houston Astros | 79 | 83 | .488 | 23 | 44‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Atlanta Braves | 76 | 86 | .469 | 26 | 42‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍47 |
| San Diego Padres | 63 | 99 | .389 | 39 | 31‍–‍50 | 32‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1970 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 8–4 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–11 |
| Cincinnati | 13–5 | 5–7 | — | 15–3 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 9–3 |
| Houston | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–15 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 6–6 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 7–5 |
| Montreal | 6–6 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 |
| New York | 6–6 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–10 | — | 13–5 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 12–6 |
| Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 7–11 | 5–13 | — | 4–14 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 12–6 |
| San Diego | 9–9 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | — | 5–13 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 11–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 13–5 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 5–7 | 11–7 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Bobby Bonds
* Dick Dietz
* Tito Fuentes
* Al Gallagher
* Ken Henderson
* Hal Lanier
* Willie Mays
* Willie McCovey
* Gaylord Perry

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Dick Dietz | 148 | 493 | 148 | .300 | 22 | 107 |
| 1B | Willie McCovey | 152 | 495 | 143 | .289 | 39 | 126 |
| 2B | Ron Hunt | 117 | 367 | 103 | .281 | 6 | 41 |
| SS | Hal Lanier | 134 | 438 | 101 | .231 | 2 | 41 |
| 3B | Al Gallagher | 109 | 282 | 75 | .266 | 4 | 28 |
| LF | Ken Henderson | 148 | 554 | 163 | .294 | 17 | 88 |
| CF | Willie Mays | 139 | 478 | 139 | .291 | 28 | 83 |
| RF | Bobby Bonds | 157 | 663 | 200 | .302 | 26 | 78 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Tito Fuentes | 123 | 435 | 116 | .267 | 2 | 32 |
| Jim Ray Hart | 76 | 255 | 72 | .282 | 8 | 37 |
| Frank Johnson | 67 | 161 | 44 | .273 | 3 | 31 |
| Bob Heise | 67 | 154 | 36 | .234 | 1 | 22 |
| Bob Taylor | 63 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 2 | 10 |
| Russ Gibson | 24 | 69 | 16 | .232 | 0 | 6 |
| John Stephenson | 23 | 43 | 3 | .070 | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Davenport | 22 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 4 |
| Don Mason | 46 | 36 | 5 | .139 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Whitaker | 16 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Burda | 28 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 3 |
| George Foster | 9 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 1 | 4 |
| Bernie Williams | 7 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Goodson | 7 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Gaylord Perry | 41 | 328.2 | 23 | 13 | 3.20 | 214 |
| Juan Marichal | 34 | 242.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.12 | 123 |
| Skip Pitlock | 18 | 87.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.66 | 56 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Rich Robertson | 41 | 183.2 | 8 | 9 | 4.85 | 121 |
| Frank Reberger | 45 | 152.0 | 7 | 8 | 5.57 | 117 |
| Ron Bryant | 34 | 96.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.78 | 66 |
| Mike McCormick | 23 | 78.1 | 3 | 4 | 6.20 | 37 |
| Don Carrithers | 11 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 7.36 | 14 |
| Miguel Puente | 6 | 18.2 | 1 | 3 | 8.20 | 14 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Don McMahon | 61 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 2.96 | 74 |
| Jerry Johnson | 33 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4.27 | 44 |
| Mike Davison | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6.50 | 21 |
| Frank Linzy | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7.01 | 16 |
| John Cumberland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 6 |
| Bill Faul | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.45 | 6 |
| Jim Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Charlie Fox, Bob Garibaldi and Hank Sauer |
| AA | Amarillo Giants | Texas League | Andy Gilbert |
| A | Fresno Giants | California League | Dennis Sommers |
| A | Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | Frank Funk |
| Rookie | Great Falls Giants | Pioneer League | Harvey Koepf |